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USP’s academic leader deported for getting close to Fiji’s dark secret

February 7, 2021

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West Papuan speaker ‘silenced’ when trying to raise UN agenda issue

Samoan Parliament

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Fuimaono Dylan Asafo: Samoan ruling an unfortunate case of judicial overreach

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Celebrating Pasifika – the art of Samoan female tattooing

Nurse Suliana Bulavakarua

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Fiji student son tells of his pregnant nurse mum’s losing struggle with covid

Vanuatu's public broadcaster VBTC reporting on the Melanesian Spearhead Group's denial of full membership for West Papua

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OPM accuses Melanesian group of taking Jakarta’s ‘blood money’ at expense...

August 27, 2023

1987 Fiji coup "reenactment"t

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Days of Fiji ‘banana republic’ protests remembered in Bavadra reunion

May 29, 2021

Samoa's Head of State Tuimalealiifano Vaaletoa Sualauvi II

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Samoa Observer: Where is the Head of State?

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May 27, 2021

The Polynesian Panthers in 1971 © John Miller

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50 years of the Polynesian Panthers: ‘It was a time of...

June 16, 2021

No jails in Tokelau

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Tokelau family under house arrest for nearly a year over vaccine...

July 20, 2022

Grieving daughter in Tonga

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Omicron Tonga: Heartbreak as hearse arrives outside MIQ hotel for daughter...

February 26, 2022

Neurosurgeon Dr Esther Apuahe

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Papua New Guinea’s first woman neurosurgeon graduates at UPNG

April 29, 2022

Freed West Papuan leader Victor Yeimo

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Release of Victor Yeimo from Indonesian prison rekindles West Papuan fight...

September 24, 2023

Fiji at 50 years

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Graham Davis: Happy 50th Independence Day, Fiji

October 10, 2020

PNG Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare's state funeral in 2021

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The bleak and black covid year that shook Papua New Guinea...

January 3, 2022

Catgherine Mori FSM

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Hard to speak up at first as the only woman, but...

March 29, 2021

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Pacific voices: Get lost in paradise with Miss Vanuatu, Valérie Martinez

June 5, 2016

Papuan protesters in Malang

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Teen killed as Indonesian police tell Papuans: ‘You’re legitimate target! Shoot!’

March 10, 2021

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Tarcisius Kabutaulaka: Logging bonanza hasn’t helped Solomon Islands landowners

May 30, 2019

Pacific Voices

Bryan Kramer: PM says PNG revolt ‘isn’t over’ – I say...

November 13, 2020

Latest Indonesian torture atrocity in West Papua

Pacific Voices

Wenda condemns ‘sadistic brutality’ of Indonesian torture of Papuan – calls...

March 23, 2024

Stephanie Sageo-Tapungu

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How covid-19 has undermined climate change initiatives in the Pacific

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August 15, 2020

tsunami wave crashes into a Tongan house

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Former Fiji journalist in Tonga tells of family’s flight from crashing...

January 16, 2022

Prof Pal Ahluwalia

Pacific Voices

USP at the crossroads – a student view on tracking good...

November 17, 2020

Professor Steven Ratuva

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Steven Ratuva becomes world’s first Pacific distinguished professor

December 18, 2021

Papuan pilot Nickson Stevi Yikwa

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Papuan student accomplishes first commercial pilot licence in NZ

March 30, 2021

Papuan supporters of Governor Lukas Enembe protest against efforts by Indonesian authorities to "criminalise" him

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Papuan protesters warn Jakarta – ‘don’t criminalise’ Governor Enembe

September 16, 2022

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CLIMATE AND COVID

Pacific verdict on COP29

Climate

COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’

A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"

Asia Report

COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail...

In the Eye of the Storm

Analysis

Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors

Pacific Voices

How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

CORONAVIRUS

Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr

Pacific Voices

Sir Collin Tukuitonga criticises RFK Jr’s measles claims, slams health misinformation

According to WHO, Western Pacific measles cases jumped by 225 percent

Coronavirus

Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson

Coronavirus

Former broadcast minister defends NZ journalism fund, state-funded media independence

1News political editor Jessica Mutch-McKay talks to the main party leaders in last night's debate

Analysis

NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood...

Practices like mask wearing and self-isolation should be encouraged for all

Coronavirus

NZ’s covid-19 mandates end: GP group says some mask-wearing, self-isolation still...

The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants

Pacific Voices

Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

BEARING WITNESS

"I am worried about the implications of any law that bans a chant by exiled people"

Analysis

Saige England: Bearing witness – we are seeing a rise of...

West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence

Asia Report

27 years after Biak massacre in West Papua, human rights crisis...

Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior

Bearing Witness

Eyewitness account of Rainbow Warrior voyage – new Eyes of Fire...

Sawana Village on Fiji's Vanua Balavu island was partly destroyed by Cyclone Winston in 2016

APJS newsfile

Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response

Professor David Robie

Pacific Voices

David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation

USP and AUT journalism collaboration

Bearing Witness

Pacific ‘voice of the voiceless’ media in renewed post-covid struggle

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APJS NEWSFILE

Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society

APJS newsfile

Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.

APJS newsfile

Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)

Pacific Voices

Islands Business: ‘Big picture’ style journalism is the future for...

QUT student journalist Maxim Bock with Fiji TV's director of news, current affairs and sports Felix Chaudhary (right)

APJS newsfile

Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

POPULAR POSTS

Many critics are saying the Trump plan could “sideline” the Palestinians

Asia Report

Indonesian protesters slam Prabowo over ‘peacekeeping’ troops for Gaza

Senator Lindsey Graham (left) and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio

Analysis

Caitlin Johnstone: More shockingly honest confessions from the Empire managers

Gaza and Rocket Lab protesters on Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau's Queens Wharf

Asia Report

NZ protesters condemn ‘IDF kill chain’ link to Gaza genocide

"Cowardice may be disguised by violence but is demeaning"

Analysis

Stuart Rees: Cowardice over Gaza dressed up as authority on Sydney’s...

EDITOR'S PICKS

AJ+ senior presenter/producer Dena Takruri

Asia Report

How Israel won the Pacific – and its backing at the...

Senator Lindsey Graham (left) and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio

Analysis

Caitlin Johnstone: More shockingly honest confessions from the Empire managers

Author Eugene Doyle with Special Envoy Francesca Albanese

Analysis

Eugene Doyle: Silencing Francesca Albanese – ‘Not in our name’ Gaza...

Police brutality at the protest against Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Sydney on February 9

Analysis

Herzog protest – when politicans fail, police go rogue, justice fails...

MOST COMMENTS

Australia

Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

Jacinda Ardern

Analysis

Gordon Campbell: Media collusion with National’s attack lines the real disgrace

Global

Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

Taiwan Day event in Suva

Asia Report

Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

AJ+ senior presenter/producer Dena Takruri

Asia Report

How Israel won the Pacific – and its backing at the...

Senator Lindsey Graham (left) and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio

Analysis

Caitlin Johnstone: More shockingly honest confessions from the Empire managers

Author Eugene Doyle with Special Envoy Francesca Albanese

Analysis

Eugene Doyle: Silencing Francesca Albanese – ‘Not in our name’ Gaza...

This photo was shared by ULMWP on 10 February 2026, claiming a makeshift refugee camp in Puncak Regency of West Papua was bombed

Decolonisation

Confusion over West Papua bombing, displacement claims